Breakfast Sausage Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb ground lamb sausage
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups milk
• 6 slices bread, toasted and cut into cubes
• 8 ounces mild cheddar cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 1. crumble sausage into a medium skillet. cook over medium heat until evenly brown; drain.
• 2 2. in a medium bowl, mix together mustard powder, salt, eggs and milk. add the sausage, bread cubes, and cheese, and stir to coat evenly. pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish. cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.
• 3 3. preheat oven to 350*f. (175*c).
• 4 4. cover, and bake 45 to 60 minutes. uncover, and reduce temperature to 325*f. (165*c). bake for an additional 30 minutes, or until set.
• 5 my note: this is a good basic recipe but i think it needs a little revamp. here is the revamping i did -- i used 1 cup of half and half instead of 2 cups of milk (too soggy with that much milk) i used 6 eggs instead of 4 for a richer egg texture. i added 3 tbsns green onions to the milk/egg mixture. i used 6 slices of thick texas toast and covered the bottom of the pan with it. i then put the cooked sausage over that. (bob evans spicy hot sausage from kroger) i then put 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese over that. then i pour the egg/half and half/green onion mixture over that. i bake after letting it sit in the fridge for 8-12 hours at 350*f. for 25 minutes. i guess i should post a new recipe!
• 6 my daughters updat on this: thay did do a few changes that i have picked up on here. thay use the jimmy dean maple sausage, 6 eggs (i think i am going to try 8 next time), 1 1/2 cups milk (i think i am going to try the full 2 cups next time), i don't think i am going to use additional salt next time b/c i feel it is salty enough from the sausage and cheese. i use the mild cheddar, but i use 1 box of marie callendar cheddar/garlic croutons instead of the bread and that adds to the cheesy flavor. and i add a little bit more of the dried mustard. it is an excellent breakfast casserole!
• 7 this dish is absolutely delicious! i doubled the recipe using 3 bags of marie callendar's cheese & garlic croutons instead of plain bread, 20 eggs, 1/2 cup sliced scallions, 1/2 cup chopped onion, 6 cups of milk, 2 teaspoons mustard powder, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt and 1 pound each of monterrey jack and mild cheddar cheese. i put shredded cheese on the top of it in the last 15 minutes of baking. i made this recipe for a holiday brunch at my place of employment and it won a prize for "best breakfast casserole"! thank you for the $1.oo boss! ha,ha,ha.